³⁵ All his sons and daughters came to comfort him,^(A) but he refused to be comforted.^(B) “No,” he said, “I will continue to mourn until I join my son^(C) in the grave.^(D)” So his father wept for him.

Praise to the God of All Comfort

³ Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,^(A) the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, ⁴ who comforts us^(B) in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.